Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
The face of politics may be getting younger here in the Hudson Valley.
The Village of Walden’s newest and youngest mayor was sworn into office Monday. Brian Maher is 23 years old. And according to his research (not all municipalities have that information readily available since Village Elections were just held March 18), that makes him New York state’s youngest mayor!
While our News 12 camera was at Walden Village Hall for the official swearing-in, I met another young man from the Hudson Valley with similarly lofty ambitions. Mike Coleman, a 22-year-old from New Windsor, told me he’s planning a run for Town Councilman.
And in Monday’s “Times Herald-Record,” an article appeared about Dan Torres from New Paltz. The 18-year-old wants a seat on the school board.
With fresh ideas, plenty of energy, and a seeming open-minded willingness to work with those “more seasoned” public servants…could local politics be doing a Benjamin Button?
We’ll have to see!
http://blogs.news12.com/westchester/2009/04/07/is-20-the-new-40-of-politics/
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